Judge: Humane Society Can Join Ohio Exotics Suit | NBC 4i

By: Associated Press | NBC4
Published: December 04, 2012 Updated: December 04, 2012 - 5:31 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio --

A judge has ruled in favor of allowing the Humane Society of the United States to join the state in defending Ohio's new law regulating exotic animals.
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Four owners filed a lawsuit in Columbus federal court last month, contending the restrictions threaten their First Amendment and property rights.
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The Humane Society argued it has a significant interest in defending the law that it strongly supported, as well as an interest in the lawsuit's outcome because the organization is pushing similar laws nationwide.
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Federal Judge George Smith in Columbus on Monday ruled in favor of the group joining the suit.
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The animal owners had opposed the move, contending the Humane Society's interests are political, and the group failed to demonstrate how the state wouldn't protect its interests.

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